Telephone slug-holder.



M. J. STARK, JR. TELEPHONE SLUG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILLED JUNE 27,1903.

930,100. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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THE DANDYTELEPHO" .SLU q I NO I UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL J. STARK, JR., OF CHICAGO, ILLIN 61S, ASSIGNOR QF ONE-HALF TOOASPAR B.

KNUDSEN, OF-GHIOAGO, ILLINQIS.

TELEPHONE sLUe-noLnnR.

No. 930,100. Specification of Letters Batent. mat- Aug. 3, 1909.Application filed June 27, 190a. serial No. 440,720.

To oil whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL J. STARK, J12. a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook,

in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Telephone Slug-Holders; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing description of my said invention, taken in connection with theaccom- 0 panying sheet of drawings, forms a full,

clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to improvements in slug-holders fortelephone, &c. use; and it consists, essentially, in the novel andpeculiar combination of parts and details of construction as hereinafterfirst fully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claims.

I11 the drawings already referred to, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthis improved device. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, the slug-holdin tubebeing in section in line 00 a;

of Fig. l. ig. 3 is a plan of the retaining plate detached, and Fig. 4is a plan of the blank from which the slug-retaining tube is formed.Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation of the device in line 3/ y ofFig. 3.

Like parts are designated by corresponding symbols of reference in allthe figures.

The object of this invention is the production of an eificient,serviceable, and convenient slug, token, or coin holder for use intelephone, prepaid gas, and other collectors which require thedeposition of a coin, token, or other evidence of prepayment forservices, &c., to be rendered. To accomplish this result I constructthis device of only two separate pieces, A in the drawings being theback or retaining-plate and B the coin-tube of this device.

The retaining-plate A shown in Fig. 3, is a rectangular oblong sheet ofmetal of suf- 4 ficient size to answer the requirements as to the numberof coins or tokens to be retained. It has at suitably-disposed placesfive or more lugs, a, to retain an advertising card 0, printed matter,directions for use, or other 0 information which it is desired tocirculate and which are printed, stamped, embossed or otherwise producedon said card, in proper positions. These lugs a are formed integral withsaid plate by pressing or stamping them and then raising them above theplane of said plate as shown in Fig. 5, leaving a ertures d at theseplaces. In this plate t ere are also a numberof holes I), the object ofwhich will hereinafter appear. The outer edge e of this plate arereveled so as 13060 stiffen the plate and to enhance its appearance. Thecoin-holder or tube proper, B, is formed of a single sheet of metalhaving the contour shown in Fig 4 being 2. rectangular portion f, havinga U-shaped extension 9 centrall located at one end of said rectangular pate, and a U-shaped fork h at the o posite edge; between the pron s ofthis for t 12 being an opening large enoug to admit of the passage of afinger of the person who desires to remove a coin or token from theholder proper. In the rectangular portion of this plate there are formedtwo 111 's 2', substantially like the lugs a already re erred to which,when the two parts of which this device are composed are beingassembled, are passed. through the holes I) in the back-plate andclenched at the reverse side thereof. As a substitute, the lugs 2' may-be formed in the plate-A and the holes at in the blank of the slug orcoin-tube so that shown in Fig. 5, this construction bein but a reversalof the means described and within the scope of my invention.

The blank for the coin-tube is to be bent along the dotted lines 7' and7c, and m and n, and also along the dotted lines 0, p, and thereby atube formed having a U-shaped transverse section, open in front at 9,Fig. l, and also having two slotted apertures 7- and s at the top andbottom, the former to facilitate the introduction of the coins or tokento, and the latter the withdrawal of said coins &c. from, said tube.

The introduction of the advertising or recording card 0 affords aconvenient means for entering such telephone numbers as are more or lessfrequently called so as to avoid reference to a telephone directory forthe purpose of ascertaining the call-number and exchange-name of theparty whom it is desired to reach by the phone.

he device is preferably roduced in sheet-steel and whenjapanneg,enameled, nickel or otherwise plated and finished in the varioushardware finishes, forms a convenient repository for the slugs, tokensor coins which are required when a prepaid phone call is desired. Itobviates the troubles, vexations, annoyances and. delays frequently metwith when it is desired to use a phone at a prepay station and theproper coin or token is not conveniently at hand.

In use, the device is preferably secured to any suitable object near thetelephone, by screws or similar means of fastening passed through theholes t in the back-plate A. "he coins, tokens, slugs &c. are now placedinto the coin-tube B through the opening 9, Figs. 1 and 2, one at atime, it bein a fact that any attempt to place a num er of slugs into aretaining tube resultrate parts only, viz., a back-plate, there bein anumber of properly-disposed holes in said plate, and a coin-tube, saidtube being formed of a single piece of sheet-metal formed into asubstantially U -sha having projections formed to afford mgress and eress-slots, there being lugs on said tube a apted to engage the holes inthe backplate and to clench upon said back-plate \vlhereby said tube issecured to the backp ate.

2. In a slug-holder a blank for the cointube consisting of asubstantially rectangular portion having at both ends U-shaped ingalmost invariably in their dropping in central extensions and centrallyprogecting side-wise and thus clogglng the tube. These lugs, said blankbeing adapted to e ormed slugs rest upon the bifurcated bottom so thatinto a longitudinally open tube, the said U- shaped extensions forminbottoms and covers forsaid tube, there being a U-shaped excision in oneof the extensions.

by passing a finger underneath this bottom into the U-shaped excision asingle coin can be pulled out t rough the slotted a erture r in a mannerreadily comprehende 3. A slu holder consisting, essentially, of Ifdesired, indexing marks may be placed a metallic acklate, there beingprojecting on one or both longitudinal edges of the lugs on, and ho esin, said plate; a card incoin-tube, as shown in Fig. .4, so that thenumber of slugs remaining in the tube, or the number of slugs removedmay be readily ascertained, the slugs, &c. in the tube bein clearlyvisible through the opening a, in sai tu e. i

It will now be observed that a device of the kind described is adaptedfor use under many different conditions, such for instance, inconnection with prepaid gas-meters &c., without change or modification,and that it can be made to fit any size, and number of coins, tokens,&c. to be used.

Having thus fully described this invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A slug-holderconsisting of two sepaserted between said lugs; a coin-tube secured tosaid backlate, there being a cover at the upper end 0 said tube and aslot below said cover for the introduction of the coin, and a bifurcatedbottom at the lower end of said tube and an egress-slot for said coinabove said bifurcated bottom, said tube with its cover and bottombeingformed from a single piece of sheet metal.

In testimony as my invention I have hereunto set my hand in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL J. STARK, JR.

Attest MICHAEL J. STARK, A. G. Pnrnnson.

pc and that I claim the foregoing

